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Gerard ter Borch (1583 in Zwolle – 1662 in Zwolle), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

According to Arnold Houbraken, who referred to him as Gerard ter Borch's father, he was a good painter who had spent many years in Rome and who was the first teacher of his better known son.

According to the RKD, he was the pupil of Pieter de Molijn and became the father of the painters Gerard II, Gesina, Harmen and Moses. He was in Italy during the years 1604–1611.

Gallery

• Study of a Donkey, 1612
• Mary, Jesus and Anna, 1616
• The Sacrifice of Abraham 1618–1619
• Allegory of Summer, ca. 1626
• Girl reading, ca. 1630

References

1. (in Dutch) Gerard ter Borch Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
2. ^ Gerard ter Borch (I) in the RKD

External links

• Media related to Gerard ter Borch the Elder at Wikimedia Commons
• Gerard ter Borch the Elder at Artnet

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